Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-10
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
An Interesting Letter From a salt
Lake Lady.

Have you space and inclination, my
dear DEMOCRAT, to indulge me little
talk for the sake OF "Auld Lang Syne."
More than once-yea, more than dozen
times during the eight months [ have
tarried here, have had it in my mind to
tax your patience and bore your readers
(perhaps) just a little. | have looked
about me during these months, and
studied, 50 for as my little woman head
could study, this Getty OF Angels and
measured and compared it with the Getty
of the Saints" All these wonderful
things said about Los Angeles are
indeed true-it is simply wonderful.
And especially is it interesting to
note two of the classes coming here
first, droves of mptives-second, a
money-getting class; swarm OF Mormon
locusts; whose one determined aim is
money to get rich; to get rich at any
cost and in any way. 1t is a question
which of the two classes are most deserv-
ing pity. Happily there are others here,
or it would be a sorry place to pitch ones
tent. The never eternal, never ending
question here is,
CHOW DO YOU IKE OUR CLlMATE?"
Some one has suggested, and it is happy
thOught-having car1 printed, say
upon the left breast 81 like it," would
save world of talk. Taking the year
through and considering the surroundings,
the home of the Saints, to my mind, has
the advantage OF the home OF the Angels
To-day, for instance, is. charming; it is
not possible to imagine one more delight
full; yet have | seen days, many days in
Salt Lakei its equal. Indeed, it is not a
week since | met French gentleman
who has lounged the world over, who
maintained that not France or Spain or
Italy, in their most favored parts, could
boast more dreamful and delicious
days" than he had passed in the Salt
Lake valley. Strong commentator this,
for luxurious son OF LA Belle France -
for with the sons and daughters of
France, France is France, and best loved
first, last and always; journey whereso-
ever they may.
Notwithstanding the astonishing devel-
opments OF this country, the more | see
of and study it, the more am | convinced
that were things different from what
they are in Salt Lake and Utah, the
boom there would fully equal, if not ex-
coed the one Los Angles is now enjoying I;
but so long as church rule exists to the
extent it does, so long as the
DETEsTABLE PRACTICES
Now on trial are permitted, there is no
hope. In truth you had as well placard
across your passes "Who enters here
leaves hope behind" 1t is burning
shame that so fair land with skies so
blue and air so inspiring and pure
should be thus handicapped. This city
suffers in comparison with yours as to the
arrangement of its streets. Here one has
to make use OF the two principal streets.
You can 90 absolutely nowhere without
being on the thoroughfares the streets,
too, are narrower, and the sidewalks dis
proportionately so, showing its Spanish
origin; but it has enterprise-it is grow
ing; carload after carload, train after
train is arriving, and not few coming
have money to invest and they are
encouraged to invest it. Should it
prove a dry year, as is expected
(there has been as yet but one
and half inches of rainfalD
the result would naturally be setback.
But one cannot tell. Come what will,
this country is OF a kind that is apt to
light on its feet.
THEY ARE BUILT THAT Way"
And rain or no rain, it is safe to predict
they will not whine, preach, pray or
blame the Lord or the Gentiles, or the
shortcomings OF this people," or gable
such senseless stuff as is being continu-
ally mouthed in Salt Lake. One has to
be away but little while to realize how
utterly silly is this old woman's twaddle.
Here they will meet the issue, be it
drouth, food or earthquake, or what it
may, meet it like free, brave, resolute
Americans as they are, and down it, and
win in the face and in despite of draw
backs, Oh, if you only had something
there you have not, or were well rid of
something you have, you would have Il
boom, rousing boom and rafting fine
country over there. A leading man of
this State Zone who may figure at the
Nations capitol in the near future said
to me 81 cannot understand the lead
ers OF the Mormon people, With the
changeful condition Of affairs. they
must be either thorough fanat-
les or the worst Of knaves else
would they not note and profit
by the handwriting all around the walls. q"
1t is little hard to understand, that in
a whole city full, or indeed throughout
your whole Territory, so many should be
very like what Dundreary thought his
brother Sam. y
Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 6, 1887.
IL lnvipu yp,r n,n1 al, 80 gn,Yra A.,